Halloween 2007

This was one of the most memorable halloweens ever.

We were a little behind the eight ball on getting a pumpkin -- Finn and I got to the pumpkin patch aka the Cataret Street Methodist Church front lawn, around 4 pm on Halloween (and we were not the only slack ones). The pickings were slim, but we managed to find a pretty pumpkin without any major leaking. We were so late getting our pumpkin that the volunteer gave us a little baby pumpkin for free. There was to be no cutting or carving of the pumpkin, but hey at least we managed to get one. The most important thing is that Finn liked his pumpkin.

We arrived home to get the house ready for all the trick or treaters i.e I put candy in a bowl, got out our evil looking witch, and moved the pumpkin from the kitchen to the front porch. The best part of the preparations was watching Finn take the candy out of the bowl over and over again. He would take out a piece (wrapped of course and not small enough to choke on) put it in his mouth, gum it a while and then drop it on the counter. (For proof take a look at the picture below.) It was quite entertaining for both of us. Warning for all you germ freaks out there -- I did not clean off the "gummed" wrappers before I put them back in the bowl. The assumption was made that most of our trick or treaters were going to be out of the gumming stage and into the eating stage. And what's a little shared spit between friends.

(Notice all the candy on the side of the bowl. Finn did that all by himself - no help from Mama.)

Soon we had him dressed and ready to trick or treat. We joined our neighbors down the street and proceeded around the neighborhood. We traveled in lowcountry style with a hay ride in a "mule". You could not ask for a better way to trick or treat, and it sure does beat walking all over the place. Finn made it to four houses then we headed home to put a very sleepy baby to bed.

Here are some extra pictures: